The New Paper, 11 July 1999

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  • NEWS
    • 110 2 Where are the women, PAP? asks Aline Wong At the PAP Women's Wing 10th Anniversary celebrations last night, Dr Aline Wong, Senior Minister of State for Education, posed some thought-provoking questions about women's role in society. "There is a strong urge, swelling from the ground, among our members to want
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    • 608 2 TODAY, more than ever before, "petticoat governments" are taking over where once the man was head of the family. The leader. The king. Today the wife wants to play a bigger role. She doesn't see herself simply as a babymaking machine. She resents that label. She sees
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    • 436 3  -  FROM THE U.S. J BY Woon Wui Tek ONE very important element was missing at this wedding dinner. The bride was there. The guests were there. But, well, the bridegroom wasn't. He couldn't make it. While the bride hosted hosted this dinner in Singapore, he
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    • 174 3 MR and Mrs McCaule/s union was unusual for another reason. As colleagues of the bride revealed, "it had been an Internet romance". They said the future husband and wife had first met online in an IRC chat room. Over several months, the relationship had
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    • 836 4  -  Q Can we survive without computer chips? by Calvin Low calvin@sph.com.sg I WOKE up sweating under the sheets. The air was hot and humid. It was pitch dark, some time before dawn. I must have been dreaming about Armageddon. But the fieatTn my room wasn't
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    • 543 5  -  Death is a regular visitor. And yet, you can find By Chan Sect Fun WHAT was I expecting? Tears? Anguish? What should a place where death has become a regular visitor feel like? Tense and hushed? Should patients live in fear and caregivers be solemn?
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    • 1006 6 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Lying on her bed, the 43-year-old woman holds up a bony hand and tells me very clearly: "Don't print my name. Not my surname, not my first name. And no photos. "I'm a very private person. Only my family and the
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    • 199 6 THEY hand out invitations to a club that gives you absolutely nothing tangible in return. If you give, you are giving to lend some peace of mind for cancer patients. That's what it says on the Assisi Home and Hospice appeal letter. "We don't offer very
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    • 656 7  -  CRASH COURSE FOR MAIDS By Ernest Luis AS 30 Indonesian maids learnt how to bathe a toy baby doll in a three-storey building in Bintan, my attention strayed. Turning around, I zoomed in on a small poster of a baby. Below the baby
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  • 411 8 ITS hard to imagine the world Indonesian maids come from. As a Singaporean, I confess HI never know. But something struck me as I entered another training centre in Bintan. It was not as fully equipped as the one run by Garden Home Employment
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  • NEWS
    • 955 9  -  WOMAN LOSES BREASTS AFTER TREATMENT Husband looks down on wife's breasts. Worried about losing him, she gets them enlarged. Then... BY Augustine Pang SHE felt that her breasts were too small and uneven. She was worried that her husband would find her unattractive. After
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      319 10 An elderly couple are fast asleep in their Yishun flat when suddenly.. AS chunks of ceiling plaster started falling on her, Mrs Zeng covered her ashen face with a blanket. As if that would save her. Then she shouted: "The building has collapsed! The building has collapsed!" The 50-year-old's
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    • 446 11  -  By Riana Zakir HOW do you stop maidabuser Kee Leong Bee from bawling her eyes out? Magistrate Wendy Yap managed it yesterday but only for a few seconds. Kee's tears stopped when she heard the sentence no jail term but a $1,500 fine. But
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    • 48 11 THIS businesswoman was given the maximum $1,500 fine yesterday and escaped a prison sentence for abusing her maid. Kee Leong Bee had slapped and punched her maid for soaking Kee's underwear with the rest of the family laundry. This is bad according to Chinese superstition, she said.
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  • EXPAT
    • 521 12  -  Q Is there enough opportunity in Singapore for a foreign actor? By] Rosalind Png GO West to seek artistic inspiration and exposure. This seems to be the natural progression among local artistes seeking to further their career and skills. Pianist Lim Jing Jing moved to
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    • 640 13 Last week, we published the love story of a Briton, John M. He fell in love with a Singapore girl over the Internet and flew all the way here to look for her. It drew eight responses. We highlight some and John's response: Dear John: We all
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    • 56 12 On this island Are you an expat? Call us or write us at: Why did you choose to npops@sph.com.sg come here? The New Paper Expat Do you have any Page special talents, skills, 390, Kim Seng Road experience or problems Times House you've encountered Singapore *****5 that you want us
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  • 787 14  -  Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Today, Kannan Chandran, managing editor of Magazines Inc publisher of The Peak, Property Review, Marie Claire and Eat! among others offers his personal view of the news [the
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 224 16 Wire services. IRANIAN university students, protesting a clampdown on press freedom, were battered by police in Teheran, leaving three students dead on Friday. Dorm rooms were burned, with windows smashed and furniture upturned. President Mohammad Khatami, a political moderate, called for
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    • 70 16 It's raining let's go inside the Istana TOP BRASS: President Ong Teng Cheong plays host to Defence Ministry and Singapore Armed Forces personnel at the Istana. Rain moves the party indoors. Pictured with President Ong last night are Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen Bey Soo Khlang (far left) and
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    • 224 16 Reuters. CITY-bound motorists from the east, Upper Serangoon and Bendemeer Roads now have an alternative route to the daily Bras Basah Road crawl. A new 1.5 km road linking Crawford Street to Republic Avenue near Marina Centre was opened yesterday. But there is a new electronic road
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    • 152 16 THE Singapore flag goes on door-to-door sale from today in both private and public housing estates. Grassroots leaders are selling them and Singaporeans are encouraged to display the flag as part of National Day celebrations. Rules apply to display of the flag, however. The flag must
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    • 109 16 Reuters. THREE million workers in China's ailing state firms will lose their jobs this year, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Labour Minister Zhang Zuoji yesterday as saying. The government fears that reform of the state sector, which is causing rising unemployment, could set off
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    • 98 16 Reuters. THE Thai cabinet has been shaken, but not stirred. The Education Minister, from the Chart Thai Party, resigned and the junior Social Action Party left the ruling coalition. Yesterday, Thailand named six new ministers and eight deputies in a cabinet reshuffle involving less influential ministries. The
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    • INFOCUS
      • 104 16 THE Kampong Glam Istana should be a symbol of how Malays have contributed, and how they can contribute further to the idea of Singapore. So said Parliamentary Secretary (Communications and Information Technology) Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday. Asked what the Istana symbolised for Malays, Mr Yaacob
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        101 16 Why are Nets users so upset with DBS Bank's I compensation? After all, it covers any interest lost over three days. Earlier this week, DBS H Bank president, Mr Ng > KeeClioe, apologised t for the computer errors I involving withdrawals through Nets. DBS accounts affected SJ saa-
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      • 74 16 GET INTO THE BEAT: Enjoy exotic world music such as the Australian didgeridoo, African percussion, and Brazilian vocal selections mixed with American Jazz. It's all happening on the lawn at Chijmes from spm to Bpm today, and it's free. GET ON THE BALL: Watch and learn basketball,
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  • NEWS
    • 611 17 As gut-wrenching pictures like these come out of the carnage that was Kosovo, RAHUL PATHAK reminds us of the explosive mix that politics and religion can still be today EVERY few months an image, a picture, a story or a news report forces us
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    • 155 18 AFP. SEVERAL mass graves have been found In Kosovo since the Nato air campaign ended last month. A mass grave Is defined as one containing 12 or more bodies. On Friday, the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) said Its troops found the
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    • 108 19 PHASE 2A(1) of the Primary 1 registration exercise ended on Friday. The New Paper Infoline updates you on the places avaftabie for Phase 2A{2), which will be on Thursday and Friday. This phase Is for any child whose parent or sibling has studied In the school or whose
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    • 444 19 Source: AFP. BRITISH pop star Sir Elton John had a heart operation to install a pacemaker on Friday. Sir Elton, 52, underwent a IV2-hour-long surgery after tests revealed that he had an irregular heartbeat. He was allowed to leave hospital yesterday. "I feel very well," he told
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    • 103 20 Thi i New IVipor On Sund ly jL I Cookie Jar m Wr r-u--yp Chip is M N\ Cina (or cheena) is in. Puberty And not only in Chinatown. More and discosvaie looking wL 15 1 Ease to lure the hip mm M anc j trendy, with red lanterns being
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  • Article, Illustration
    630 21  -  lr THE PLACE T0 DM> FOR XOMEHAKINQ TIPSJ Edited by Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg WHAT do you do when you want to entertain a group of friends at your home, but do not want to go through too much trouble? Some people cater. But generally, the smaller the
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  • 335 22  -  Kin I CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET•C 0 N S C I 0 U S w "Ji A By Carol Leone canol@sph.com.sg AHH. Plain white rice. And all the good things you can stir-fry into it. I like good food. Sometimes, you
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 192 23 I'M really troubled. My mum and dad are divorced. I now live with my mum. At first, she was quite good towards my brother and I but now, she has changed. She has arranged several programmes for us such as tuition, language classes and
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    • 252 23 A reader's advice... Last week's letter: DOVE found out that his father, a very caring family man, has been visiting pornographic sites on the Internet. These sites feature pictures of naked women and people having sex. He found out by looking
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    • 565 24 I HAVE been married for seven years. I have four children. Recently, I had some problems with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Although my parents have a good relationship with my mother-in-law, they were not invited for my sister-in-law's wedding. I felt very disappointed and my
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    • 281 24 I AM a 15-year-old girl studying in Singapore. Like many other teenage girls, I have a fantasy crush and I know such crushes are part of growing up. I am head over heels in love with a football player from England. Last year, I
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  • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
    • 345 24 I HAVE a problem: I'm Q addicted to masturbation. However, I would need to watch R(A) VCDs at home before I masturbate so as to arouse myself. Somehow, I feel that I have been badly affected by these VCDs. I would like to stop, but can't.
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    • 291 24 I'M 20 years old. I come Qfrom a broken family and my childhood experiences have caused me to hate women deeply. I've come to realise that my admiration for guys started when I was about 10. When I was 14,1 fell in love with my buddy.
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  • 918 25  -  C c ium, j ty Jacintha Abisheganaden YOU may have seen her walking on Orchard Road, wearing several blouses one on top of the other, carrying two umbrellas, a plastic shopping bag and a black handbag. She is a friend of
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  • 1666 27  - Feature KISS don't tell Edited by Chan Seet Fun seetfun@sph.com.sg Some things you probably didn't know about Tom and Nicole... V-/ /TOM and 4 Nic' (as he lovingly calls her) are aliens. And so,, by the way, are the rest of us. As devout members of the Church of Scientology,
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  • feature
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      1122 28  -  By Chan Seet Fun seetfun@sph.com.sg THEY sound kind of Cina (pronounced Cheena, meaning Chinese), and they look kind of Cina. But these pubs play mostly Angmoh music. Some sell Cuban cigars, some serve French wine and one even carves up Japanese sushi. So what's the deal
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    • 273 28 Mohd Sultan Road, who is reputed to be the pioneer of Cina-type pubs. It was he who made those red lanterns de rigeur as part of pub decor. He said the Cina lantern look started in 1992. "After NextPage was open. It was Chinese New Year, so we
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 814 29 7.00 AM Stories from My Turn Childhood/Fabulicious Day 8.00 Loggerheads/All Dogs Go to f IVOO Heaven V*/ 1 XI 1 The Condor Heroes *95 9.00 Extreme Dinosaurs/Hey! Arnold Channel 8, 10.30 pm 10.00 Newton's Apple/Cow ft Chicken OT tUG Nothing beats the classic version that 11 .oo Beast War/ciueiess Life's
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    656 30  -  It's one less complication, actually... SingleColumnl by Patricia Mok Edited by Lela Jalil lela@sph.com.sg IF I had a boyfriend, I probably wouldn't be in showbiz. Some people cannot live without a love life. I can. I have been unattached for the past four years. And those years have
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  • 758 31  -  f A FORNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S BUSIEST FUNNYMAN by Siva Choy CHIA's oldest son announced to the family that he was planning to get married. Chia congratulated him warmly, poured out the Hennessy, clinked glasses, said: "Bottoms up! I am happy for
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  • SeenHeard SHARP
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        53 33 THE MOVIE The greed of some explorers and the curiosity of a librarian results in the rude awakening of a Mummy. This Mummy is of course, terribly evil, so watch the hapless humans scramble as they try to put Mummy back to sleep. Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz
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      • 248 33  -  by AUGUSTINE PANG WHEN I met the cast and crew of The Mummy in London two months ago, two things about (hem struck me their confidence and camaraderie. Pressed by journalists about whether The Mummy might pale in comparison to the widely-anticipated Star Wars
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        69 34  -  Edited by Chan Seet Fun seetfun@sph.com.sg Soldier to his commanding officer, as they stare down the enemy at the front line: "Your strength gives me strength." Five seconds later, the soldier flees. Hero Rick O'Connell, played by Brendan Fraser, comes to the belated conclusion that all he has
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      • 259 34  -  by CHAN SEET FUN IT makes no difference if the stars of The Mummy liked each other or liked using the royal pronoun. In a couple of years, will anyone remember this movie? Nonetheless, The Mummy is an entertaining film that's funny in a campy
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      • 184 34 James Berandinelli in his online review: "Those who buy a ticket anticipating a high-octane appetiser to The Phantom Menace will be disappointed. On the other hand, those who are primed for a ludicrous adventure/horror parody will discover that The Mummy has the potential to satisfy. Considering how many
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 479 36 spm Framed for killing the chiefs of four big dans, Pai Feng Tien and his wife ChuYi Yun are killed while trying to escape with their children. Feng Yao and Hsia Hou-Hsin rescue their youngest son, Chan-Wu. But Pai's eldest son, The Sky At Night: Cosmologlcal Chan-Wen, is injured and
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  • 1121 37  -  vc. r tit I >iT -I ®j| FUJI FILM Venue I Edited by Rachel Tan So you're getting married. But you'd rather skip the conventional 10-course restaurant dinner and the tuxedo or prissy long white gown you're expected to wear. Want something you can
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  • 896 39  -  P hings l SUSHI FOR TECHNO HIPSTERS y Yong Shu Hoong shyong66@hotmail.com FOR Shakespeare fans, there is yet another remake of one of the Bard's classic plays to relish. Behold The Taming of the Shrew, the inspiration for the 1999 movie, 10 Things
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 952 40 [Playground] A PAGE FOR FUN by Av DaveAng dave@sph.com.sg 20 Ways for Personal Growth 1 i l nner I 8«io g pa 0 th my 8m 2.1 have the power to channel my imagination into ever-soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia. 3.1 assume full responsibility for my actions, except the
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
    • 91 41 fFowlPlal wrth RaviVeloo and Hup > j 1 Today, we present The Pregnant Woman's Survival Guide to Public Transport. I Write a letter to your Member of Parliament, H^T~ If you want a seat on the MRT, jjlflj asking to channel some of the millions j buy a house near
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  • RACING
    • 514 46  -  By Danny Khoo THE winning post has eluded the Tommy Noordin-trained Omfami Abjar after 19 starts. But that may well change after Race 5 at Batu Gantong this afternoon. The Sound Reason gelding appears to come close to finding the right chord, judging
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    • BEST BETS
      • 56 46 MARCTAN Looks ready to open winning accounts after two noteworthy efforts last month. His last-start third to Jurong Eagle over today's stamina-sapping trip was full of merit he was putting on wings at the finish. Has trained on well and should bring some cheer
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      • 46 46 DANNY KHOO Has been running close races of late and gets his chance to re-enter the winners' circle with a drop in class. His five victories to date include a win over today's course and trip in February last year.
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      • 59 46 TAN THEAN LOON Richly deserves a winning break. Still enjoying a 50kg handicap but drawn badly. However, he has the speed to cut across and travel handily. If his second to Essence of Deer, who clocked lmin 10.8 sec for 1,200 m, is anything to
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      • 41 46 RACE 2: Triple Gold. RACE 3: Lucky Gem. RACE 4: Gentle Johnny. RACE 5: Lord Virgo, Amazing. RACE 6: Drum Rhythm, Imperial Scholar. RACE 7: Golden Smile, Bohemus, Emperor Returns, Snapper Abjar. RACE 9: Lord Kariba, All Conquering, Flying Abjar.
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    • 1526 47 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD: Going forecast Yielding Race 1 1-30 Restricted Terms Div 2 1200m Stakes: RM25.000 No. Last 6 runs Horn Wt Rating Jockey Barriar MfeMWl 1 BREEZY 55 M Leong c2.5 13 (2ag PK Leong-Amazing) 2 CHAPERONE 55 Richards 15 (2nzg PK Leong-Alysha's Farm) 3 CLAP IT LOUD
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    • 1607 48 Race 1 Restricted Terms -1200m 6 LIVE RICH 56.5 (16-6) (16) 2 2 1 (491) 11 SIR J ANDY 56.5 c 55 (13-5) *B Shahrul (10) 1 1 2 (488) 4 CALIBRE 56.5 (341-76) (1) 3 3 3 (395) 7 MONEYSMATE 565 (191-47) (4) 8
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    • 303 48  -  By Danny Khoo KIWI jockey Catherine Treymane was in a big hurry at Penang yesterday. The pint-sized dynamo, who failed to find the mark at Bukit Timah last weekend, wasted no time in getting her name on the winners' list. She was bang on target with
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    • 1001 49 EXCERPTS FROM PENANG TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT Apprentice k Vigneswaran and jockey KC Ow Yang have been ousted six months with immediate effect. Vigneswaran had pleaded guilty to a charge under Rule 204 (3) (ii) after a urine sample taken from him
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